Carol Brown (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Families and Payments) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) recognises that Prince of Wales Bay in Hobart was declared a Defence precinct by the previous Labor Government;

(b) notes that:

(i) the Tasmania Maritime Network, representing over 30 businesses, has an international reputation for building boats and has the skills to fit out boats, insulate them and provide communications and build modular units for significant and sophisticated vessels such as Australia's Air Warfare Destroyers,

(ii) the network has partnered with a German firm and submitted a bid as part of the Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Project, and

(iii) if successful, the bid would demonstrate the enormous capability of Tasmanian businesses and bring enormous social and economic benefits to Tasmania; and

(c) calls on the Minister for Defence (Mr Andrews) to confirm That the Pacific Patrol Boats will proceed as scheduled and be a fair and open process for all Australian yards and companies.